- A Virginia state police officer resigned after text messages show he allegedly coughed on a driver to spread coronavirus. [WJLA]
- The government is trying to stall the recently-approved retrieval of a sunken telegraph from the Titanic. [Post]
- A local go-go star is opening a new wing spot in Anacostia. [WCP]
- How WMATA General Manager Paul Wiedefield envisions public transit’s recovery from the pandemic. [CityLab]
- Marqueese Alston was shot and killed by D.C. police in 2018. His mother hopes recent reforms will provide more answers. [Post]
- Susan E. Rice makes a case for D.C. statehood. [NYT]
- Border patrol agents were deputized as US Marshals to assist D.C.’s protest response. [Daily Beast]
- A Christopher Columbus statue in Richmond was set on fire and thrown into a lake by protesters. [WTOP]
- The Washington Monument gets struck by lightning more than you might think. [Post]
- Fairfax County expedited plans to purchase more body cameras after an officer was charged with assault for tasing a black man. [Post]
- … But that officer’s lawyers say the assault was a misunderstanding. [NBC 4]
- A fishing crew off the coast of Ocean City captured close-up footage of a great white shark. [NBC 4]
- ICYMI: Northern Virginia will enter phase two of reopening on Friday.
- ICYMI: The D.C. Council passed an emergency police-reform bill, but stopped short of shrinking the size of MPD.
- This Day in DCist: D.C.-area author sued her publisher for cancelling the publication of her book during the fallout from publicly shaming a Metro employee.
Colleen Grablick